The Indian Wells Valley Water District Board of Directors voted 4-0 Monday, with Board President Peter Brown absent, to approve two work orders.

The first is for $108,020 to continue Phase I of the geographic information system.

District Engineer Renee Morquecho said the district is finishing the first phase.

"Once we get done with Phase I, we'll actually have a working GIS, which will be great," she said.

Board Vice President Don Jo McKernan said funds have been allocated for the project.

Director Leroy Corlett asked if the project was on schedule, and Morquecho said it was.

Corlett also asked which of the two options was being used.

"We chose option two," Morquecho said. "It is cheaper, because we can post all the data on site."

The second is a $80,300 work order for Krieger and Stewart to provide engineering services related to the re-equipping of Pumping Plants 18 and 34 as part of the Water Supply Improvement Project.

Design engineering services include preparing contract documents consisting of documents for bidding and re-equipping the wells, construction drawings, bidding sheets, contract, special requirements, basic specifications and standard drawings. The services also include distributing contracts documents as well as bidding and award assistance.

Director Don Cortichiato said the 2013-14 capital-improvement project budget to re-equip Well 34 increased by $32,000 to include engineering design costs.

"Is that $32,000 included in this number?" he asked.

Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Keep said it was included.

"The $32,000 is the portion of the $80,300 in design costs that was allocated to the Well 34 project," she said.